Lovely Lily Pad

Sneak peak: I am in love with the Lovely Lily Pad stamp set and matching dies and DSP! They are upcoming Sale-A-Bration items. Sentiment is from the Timeless Tulips set from the upcoming mini. Sale-A-Bration starts in January and the new mini will also be released then.

Holiday Catalog Sneak Peak #2

Welcome to sneak peak #2. Today's project is another Halloween card and is CASE'd from an example in the Stampin' Up! holiday catalog.

I am an elementary school teacher and my classroom theme is owls, so the owl stamp from the Spooky Cat stamp set is right up my alley. The owl is stamped in Basic Gray ink on a 3 inch by 3 inch piece of the Spooky Night designer series paper. One side of the dsp is made up of 3x3 squares with the moon and tree design. The image is sized just right for the owl stamp. The "happy owl oween" stamp is also from the Spooky Cat set. The witches' hat is fussy cut from another design in this paper pack. The owl's eyes are black rhinestones. Colors featured include Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, and Cajun Craze.

Holiday Catalog Sneak Peak #1

Welcome to sneak peak #1! Today's project is a Halloween card using items from the upcoming Stampin' Up! holiday catalog that goes live in September.  

When my order arrived yesterday, I couldn't wait to get my new Stampin' Up! products out and create with them. I decided to start with a Halloween project and pulled out all the new products I could use to create a Halloween card.

The new Spooky Night designer series paper is featured on this card. I love the paper with the potion bottles and it was the first one I decided to play with. The paper below my card is the reverse side of the potions paper. The Spooky Night paper features Basic Black, Cajun Craze, Pumpkin Pie, and Very Vanilla colors.

The stamps featured on this card are from the new Spooky Cat photopolymer stamp set. I thought the witches hat with the cobweb and spider went well with the potion bottles and decided to feature it on my card. The bat is from a new framelits set called Seasonal Tags.

Come back tomorrow for sneak peak #2!

March 2017 Paper Pumpkin

Spring is trying to make a comeback here in rainy western Washington!My new Paper Pumpkin kit for March arrived on Friday and I had to check it out right away since it has an Easter/spring theme. The project includes 9 adorable fabric bunny treat bags and 9 3x3 small cards.

I don't have much use for the small cards, so I cut them in half and used each one to make two standard A2 sized Easter cards. Now I'll have enough Easter cards to send out to friends and family.

This card features the in-color Sweet Sugarplum. I love this pretty purple shade and it will be the perfect card for one of my daughters who loves pinks and purples. This one is definitely my favorite!

Dapper Denim is a beautiful shade of blue! I wasn't quite sure that it would work for an Easter or spring card, but I think it turned out beautifully with the colorful patterned paper to compliment it.

Peekaboo Peach is an in-color that is growing on me. I like how this one turned out with a mix of the paint stroke ears and cross-hatch background.


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Northwest Stamp and Share: Holiday Catalog Sneak Peaks

I attended the Northwest Stamp and Share event for Stampin' Up! demonstrators yesterday that was hosted by the talented Jennifer Blomquist , a.k.a. the Northwest Stamper. It was a great day of stamping, chatting, and business advice. As always, I enjoyed meeting with the ladies from the Fun N' Crafty stamp group. The four cards below are based on Jennifer's designs for the four make and takes we made as part of the event.

The first card features a new stamp set from the upcoming Stampin' Up! holiday catalog called Spooky Fun. The stamps are sized perfectly for cards! The make and take was designed as a treat bag, but I used the pieces on a Whisper White card base to turn them into a card.

The next card features a flower from Flourishing Phrases stamp set that is currently available along with a sentiment from the upcoming Frosted Medallions stamp set. I am loving the combination of Pool Party and Sweet Sugarplum with the silver accents. This was supposed to be a New Year's card with a snowflake and New Year's sentiment, but I thought "the best is yet to come" sentiment would work well for a birthday or encouragement card too. 

The next card features the Candy Cane Christmas stamp set. The printed Designer Series Paper (DSP) and the red baker's twine are from the same product sweet, making for easy coordination!

Jennifer had a "try it" bar set up for us at the Northwest Stamp and Share event. It was great to be able to try out new embossing folders and framelits! The new Cable Knit embossing folder is amazing! It was my favorite item on the try it bar and I embossed several pieces of card stock with it. The Mint Macaron layer in the card below features this new folder. The sentiment is from the upcoming Suite Seasons stamp set. The bling behind the sentiment layer is provided by the new copper foil sheets-also found in the upcoming holiday catalog. 

Thanks for stopping by! 

Katelyn's Creations: CYCI#132

My name is Katelyn and I'm 10 years old. I am Angela's daughter and I love to craft with my mom. We both made cards for the CYCI #132 sketch challenge and I am taking over her blog today to share my card with you. 

This is the sketch from Can You Case It?

And here is my card: 

The card base is Bermuda Bay. The printed paper with the gold pattern is from the DCWV matstack called The Gilded Orchard. The gold strip is from The Paper Studio. The banner was cut and punched out of Bermuda Bay. The large heart sticker is from a Paper Pumpkin kit and I punched the other ones out of the sides of the sticker sheet.

I hope you like my card. Have a wonderful day!

CYCI#132 Sketch Challenge and Sneak Peak!

Today's card was created for the sketch challenge over at Can You Case It? 

One of the perks of being a Stampin' Up! demo is getting to pre-order products before catalogs go live for customers. My holiday catalog pre-order arrived on Friday and I've been itching to pull out my new goodies and to get stamping with them. When I saw the sketch on the CYCI site this morning, the Petals and Paisleys suite came to mind.

Here's my quick and simple take on the sketch:

The card base is Very Vanilla. I also used Mint Macaron card stock to mount the piece of  Petals and Paisleys Specialty DSP and accent it. The sentiment from the Paisleys and Posies stamp set is stamped in Rich Razzleberry and the flower above it is stamped in Mint Macaron. The accent flower on the Rich Razzleberry banner is die cut from the new copper foil sheets coming in the holiday catty. The copper foil is one of my favorite new products!

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you enjoyed the sneak peak of the Petals and Paisleys suite!